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FIG Got Opinions
This research guide identifies library databases that can be used to find editorials and opinion pieces, while focusing your research on women and gender issues.
Finding Editorials
Many of the library's databases allow you to search by subject and limit the results to editorials.
- Enter the terms for your subject in the search box.
- In the Document Type drop down menu: editorial.
- Click on SEARCH.
- Enter the terms for your subject in the search box.
- In the Document Type drop down menu: editorial.
- Click on SEARCH.
- Enter the terms for your subject in the search box.
- In the Document Type drop down menu: editorial.
- Click on SEARCH.
- Enter your search term.
- In the Document Type menu, choose: Editorial
- Click on SEARCH.
- In the "Search the News" box, and then in the "Search For" box, enter your search terms.
- In the "By Source Type" box, pull down to Newspapers, and click on GO.
- In the "Search results within" box (top right), type: Editorials, and click on GO..
Citing Your Sources
"The custom of citing references that is, providing a record of the sources you have used for your research is a form of professional honesty and courtesy that is based on a regard for the responsibilities that writers have to readers and to other writers to indicate when they have used someone else's ideas or words."
Some of the library's databases have a feature that will show you how to properly cite an article citation found in that database. The Gender Studies database, LGBT Life, and Newspaper Source all have this feature.
For citations found in other databases, you can use the Citation Machine to format your citation by entering the required information for a citation. The Citation Machine has citation formats for MLA, APA, Turbian and Chicago styles.
Doing Research Off-Campus
The UO Libraries provide access to a wide array of databases, electronic journals, and other electronic resources for the campus community. Eligibility for access to a specific resource is based upon the terms of the licensing agreement signed by the library, which limits off-campus access to current UO students, faculty, and staff. Students, faculty, and staff connecting to electronic resources from off-campus will need to authenticate themselves before access is allowed.
The library recommends using the campus VPN (virtual private network) software, which allows you to connect your computer to the campus network as if you were physically attached to the network when on campus. The client VPN allows you to authenticate one time, with access to all library resources as long as you remain logged in.
